Yesterday, we posted this photo of a prototype controller for the next PlayStation. The image turned up online, and an industry source familiar with the system told us the photo was indeed a prototype controller for the PS4, code-named Orbis.

The triggers are much more similar to the Xbox 360 'springy' triggers. That's a microphone (similar to VITA, Wii U) and that is also a headset port. Touch screen is resistive display, single touch, used for battery levels, friend lists, mini u.i blah blah. Taken a while ago, only had access to it via someone else.

Our documentation, which we've also confirmed as authentic, describes the touch-pad as being a two-point multi-touch pad with a mechanical click, when the Gametrailers poster says it's single-touch. In addition to what we reported in January, our documentation indicates that the controller will have an RGB LED and something called a "light bar." The documentation we've seen never mentions a screen and refers to "an electrical capacitance touchpad, where the position at which the user's finger is touching the pad can be detected."

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On top of that, neither prototype photo has included the "share" button, which our documentation also says the Orbis controller will feature. While we believe that the 90-plus pages of documentation we've seen are real (Sony won't confirm that, of course) it's also possible that plans have changed.